A recent powerful blog post (see below) against internal meta-analysis prompts me to ask the question above. (Actually, Steve Lindsay prompted me to write this post; thanks Steve.) In ITNS we say, on p. 243: “To carry out a meta-analysis…
Introduction to the New Statistics
The online community and blog for ITNS
Month: October 2018
Eating Disorders Research: Open Science and The New Statistics
I’m in Sydney, the great Manly surf beach just over the road. It’s an easy ferry ride to the Opera House and city centre. Lindy and I started this trip up from Melbourne with a few days with a cousin,…
Cochrane: Matthew Page Wins the Prize!
Years ago, Matthew Page was a student in the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University (in Melbourne), working with Fiona Fidler and me. He somehow (!) became interested in research methods and practices, especially as related to meta-analysis.…
Draw Pictures to Improve Learning?
In ITNS we included a short section near the start describing good strategies for learning, based on empirical studies. Scattered through the book are reminders and encouragement to use the effective strategies. Now, just as we’re thinking about possible improvements…
ITNS–The Second Edition!
Routledge, our publisher, has started planning for a second edition. That’s very exciting news! The only problem is that Bob and I can’t think of anything that needs improving. Ha! But, seriously, we’d love to hear from you about things…
Open Science DownUnder — Fiona Fidler reports
Last week, the 2018 Australasian Open Science Conference was held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland: The first conference in Oz on the themes of Open Science and how to improve how science is done. They expected 40 and…
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/240?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2020-01-16&et_rid=17172836&et_cid=3167079
“In an era when every restaurant is obliged to publish on its front door the hygiene rating in their kitchen, we're seriously not saying whether a trial that costs millions of dollars has broken the law [...] by failing to report its results?”@bengoldacre
More evidence that superstition does not strongly influence performance.
https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1024/1010-0652/a000263
Still, the idea won't die. The original study was cited 29 times last year (2019) vs. 5 cites for the replications I conducted with @Fernie103 showing negligible effect.
Sensible reporting guidelines for exp bio: show the data, make confirm vs. exploratory clear, emphasize effect size and uncertainty. Good resource.
Two colleagues and I just published an editorial/review for how to present data and stats in experimental biology journals. It explains new guidelines adopted by three American pharmacology journals.
http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/molpharm/97/1/49.full.pdf
Polisci types: Beyond voting, what are the most effective things I can do towards the 2020 elections? ($ to a pac? A candidate? Volunteer to canvas? Phone bank?)
What is actually helpful?
Never cared so much before. Not asking for a friend.
(@BrendanNyhan?)
Doing more with confidence intervals. https://replicationnetwork.com/2020/01/10/doing-more-with-confidence-intervals/
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